Explosions Mar Boston Marathon

4/15/2013 4:31PM

Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away. Kevin Helliker reports. Photo: AP.

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... the the ... the eighteen state to possible explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon ... half again everyone I'm Kelsey Hubbard and welcome to the news have right now we are unsure of how many are injured though there are reports ... that many people spectators and runners ... were impacted at the blast of course the D tells are still unfolding as we speak we're going to go to Boston where the Wall Street Journal sports reporter Kevin Helliker he's joining us now on to let us know what he is seeing on the ground Kevin thanks for joining us ... a Knight guilty on that I'm actually and I'm ... in New York we have several people and untouchable people on the ground in Boston so ... in Asia but ... and it has been even more on the ground he added There's ... the ... bottom three ... there ... everything is speculation at this point when the youth who ... are reports that time ... the death of ... them ... an explosion went off ... you can earn your page a sporting good store near the finish line ... aam ... and that there was a second wind and there are some ... there's some talk that it may have suffered one of them it's come from a trash can ... on and and and all that that a third bomb ... aam and ... fortifies ... Brown on exploded near a hotel ... it happened at about eighty four and a half hour point ... the runners to work ... for half an hour with this is ... there a lot of people left on the corridor at that point especially ... forced difficult bosses of the people are being directed off ... I we talk to ... you know couple of women who were near a two-week and a half hour of the nation I'm and a half mile of depending on ... your first marathon and and they were they were stopped by police can pull off ... they had heard the explosion thought that it was ... want celebration ... nobody knew what to think I'd I spoke with the ... cardiologist name Paul Thompson who has run the ... Boston Marathon twenty nine times with their Spectator the time to get to get hurt last year ... has again not a medical official involved with that ... he was crying he said that that ... that America would never be the thing that rakish huge questions about how to ... aam how to handle security is ... like a marathon New year you've you've got a court surrounded by spectators and ... I won a world of one that would impose security on that situation ... it is ... it has to debate Mr ... cabinet that all the more heartbreaking to know that it's PG stay in Boston of many people do not have to work schools are closing this is a big holiday were a lot of people ... in the area go out to watch it are saying it's it's still ... up for pre teens know how many people were there much less that twenty five thousand plus runners who work ... in the race and you know we we always sort of jump suit areas that we should say right now at this point we do not know and do not have information as to the outwards in of this class of the deal one to speculate there but we do one does bring in the fact that the president we are getting word out when House official has said the president has been notified of the incident in Boston ... and his administration is in contact with state ... and local authorities in heaven I'm sure the folks that you're talking to on the ground there ... are reporting that the of police fire Inti is are on the scene because until we know more I'm sure they are treating it like a pricey ... write our reporter Ana grab Finish Line said it appears as though every ambulance and Boston from St ... aam ... and and habitat for not taking any official down ... now it opt for not getting information they don't know whether an effort to mass confusion everywhere and I would also ... have ... all the permit been around long enough to to separate the Oklahoma City blasted into territory were staying in and you're right that was an act of terrorism in an act of domestic terrorism so that I get it wrong to jump to conclusions at this early ... aam ... but you know how to defeat contract work were bombed the Midwest with the Mac terrorist some time ... and I'm and has tough ... that said Dr Paul Thompson testing of the people are not combatants ... are and it's just that it's only a ... matter of chatter out walking or running a marathon and on the ATP couldn't even speak without Christ I will thank you Kevin for bring it to us then and all the people that sell your talking on the ground we should note ... that security has been beefed up in York City ... after the Boston explosions ensure a mini city and state governments tie in the teacher cities like that are going to be on alert so a thank you for bring it to us that we appreciated of course everybody can states in to Des beest dot com throughout the evening of course tomorrow for more ... updates on this stay with us here on this I will have much more coming up ...